D'Amico Shipping B2 Lesson 19

Lesson 19

• Business Advantage p.30 pay (uncountable) payment (countable),  collocations with incentive (n), incentivise (v) and pay (n). Discussion on how to motivate staff.
• Presentations
• "Get" What does get mean in the following sentences? 

1. When I get your email, I'll send you the invoice.
2. It's easy to get sick in this changeable weather.
3. I'm just going to get a pen.
4. I get your point.
5. I'm going to get dinner.
6. You need to get your hair cut.
7. I've decided that I'm going to get a car next year.
8. I got 82% in the exam. 
9. We should get there by 7pm.
10. Try to get some sleep, you've got a busy day tomorrow.

Phrasal verbs with get are numerous and should be learnt in context.

Transport
get on/off a bus/train/plane

get/in/out of a car/taxi
Relationship

get along with someone very well
They seem to be getting on alright. 

Note that phrasal verbs can also become nouns:

We are having a bit of a get together on Friday.

When learning phrasal verbs, it's also important to learn the structure that they take: transitive/intransitive? separable/inseparable?

Some songs with get 
What does get mean in each of these? 

The Stranglers: Get A Grip On Yourself

Pretenders: Don't Get Me Wrong

Daft Punk: Get Lucky

Corrections:

I am agree

Depends for on

Check the difference between employers and employees

Choose/choice

Pronunciation

Remember your ed endings /t/ /d/ and /Id/

linked, composed

Vowel sounds: launch, fruit, tastes, variety

Wine

Thanks to Andrea for his very presentation on wine. If you are interested in New Zealand wine, have a look at these websites. 

http://www.nzwine.com

http://www.cloudybay.co.nz

http://manowarvineyards.co.nz

Next week will be our last lesson for the year. We will have 10 more lessons together starting on 7th January 2015. Next week we will discuss strategies for maintaining your English during the break, also Mirta, Stefano, Martina and Luigi will be giving their presentations and Angela will present the last Song Of The Week for 2014.